Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-09
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STOCK AND FARM.

An acre Of alfalfa, wen set, means fifty
dollars worth of hay year at least.
Two of the most profitable crops for
western Kansas are broom corn and soa-
ghum.
Among the old gardeners there is a
great unanimitys Of opinion that hen
manure is the very best fertilizer for
squashes.
A deposit of fine white marble hiss
been discovered in the western part of
Texas, on land given by farmer to g
railway company to secure the construo
ton of a road.
At the late commencement of the Hi
nOis university, from whose name the
word 'sindustrial' has been dropped,
there were no graduates from the college
Of agriculture.
An insect resembling the Colorado pc
tatO beetle is producing frightful rsvages
among the orchards near Oswego, n. 7.
They eat the leaves and young tWigs,
and destroy the young apples.
Ducks thrive best with running
stream Of water to swim IN, yet they get
along very well with plenty of drinking
water only, provided there is enough to
/ supply them with an occasional bath.
The use OF peat as fuel in factories
has increased so greatly in Russia that
| PeatlDOg has become more valuable than
a Well-timbered forest. Many manufac-
turers are giving up the wood for past.
/ A farmer in Ireland, who has been ex-
/ PeTimenting for several years with ilIick-
/ ly cOmfrey, declares that it is hard TO in.
troduce, hard to ezterminate, and the
hardest job of all to induce cattle to eat
it.
A French paper says that petroleum
destroys all insects, and banishes rats
and mice, and that water slightly i'm
Fregnated with petroleum applied to
plants infected with insects will destroy
] them.
Caldwell journal: Ed Jequins expects
1 800 cattle to arrive from Texas to-mor.
row. They will be pastursd at Polecat
ranch until ready for shipment. Mr.
Jaquins has a herd of 1900 cattle and
says their condition is first-class.
The National Agricultural Department
report makes the decrease IN the hog
supply 1850, 600 from last year, and the
hog cholera still devastating the herds
in some parts Of the country. This
points to good prices for a year at least.
The 300 pounds Of butter-a-year COW
is the point to aim at and the dairyman
should not be satisfied with anything
less. She is a possibility, and intelIi-
gent selection and breeding viii fetch
her.
In buying a COW find out for yourself
if she be what you want. Don't take
any bOdy's word for it. A mean COW is
such an intolerable nuisance that many
men are strongly tempted to strain
point in order to get rid of her.
The red Dutch cabbage does not grow
large, but it makes a very hard, solid
head. A lev plants should be IN every
collection for use in picking. 1t is an
excellent keeping variety, and it is good
plan to put some in pits for late use in
spring.
The most valuable elements Of manure
are not to be measured by the cOrd
The liquid and gaseous portions are the
most valuable, and also the hardest TO
hold. They are the first TO escape, and
pass of unnOticed through such an easy
outlet.
A. R. Whitney, one Of the most extern
sive Orchardists OF the west, says that he
finds mixture Of eopperas and glue to
be the best thing to keep rabbits and
mice from the trees. He lost many be-
ore applying this remedy. He has tried
tRrFed paper but does not like 1t.
No doubt some enterprising person
could DO a fair business advertising
Cross bred eggs. It is done in England
with good results. A person desiring a
cross Of Leghorns and Brahmas, for IN
stance, would prefer to buy such eggs
rather than wait a year or two for pro-
ducing the same. No doubt there is a
good field open for some one in that di-
rection.
Chimney SCOT made from either wood
or coal forms a valuable fertilizer. It
contains a large amount of ammonia,
the coal SCOT more than the wood, that
is always Of value to plants because Of
the nitrogen it contains. Mixed with
water it makes a good fertilizer for house
and other small plants and is easily sp-
piled. Given to roses it viii deepen their
color a number of shades.
Oxford down sheep attain to very
heavy weights, the rams at 3 years Of
age reaching as high as four hundred
pounds and ewes three hundred. They
/ are the largest OF the mutton breeds, and
yield a fleece Of medium wool weighing
twenty pounds. These weights are for
special individuals that have been on
exhibition, but three hundred pounds is
not an unusual weight for rams over
years old
There is a bee disease In Germany
, called "Maikrankheit," because it ia
usually seen in May. The bees have
distended abdomens, because they have
not been able TO void their feces, after
partaking Of pollen collected in the early
spring after it had been touched by
frost. A good remedy is to put little
salicyic acid in strip and feed 1t to
them, keeping the hive dry and prevent
/ ing the accumulation Of moisture inside.
Chetopa Advance: We doubt If an
q other farmer IN Labette county viii be
as successful this year as uncle John
q McCaw. He has $50 acres Of corn and
the same number Of acres OF wheat, and
. he reports a splendid crop Of wheat and
D hsttsring prospects for corn. he Tin
iahed harvesting last week and on Friday
q five self binders and twenty. seven head
? Of horses were required to finish up
{ This is farming on a grand scale and
We aEs glad to know such success ls K
/ attend his iebOrs.
KANSAS C. A. R.